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Sl-ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 620,317, datedFebruary 28, 1899.

Application iiled January 3, 1898. Serial No. 665.266. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN HATCH, of Albany, in the county of Albany andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inUndergarments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in undergarments for femalewear; and it consists in constructin g such garments in the mannerherein shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claimthat forms part hereof.

As heretofore constructed the drawers for female wear have been open tothe objection that they did not afford proper protection to the organsthat most needed protecting, thereby exposing the wearer to suddenchanges of weather and the attendant diseases that follow in the wake ofsuch changes, frequently culminating in suffering and death; and theobject of my invention is to remedy these faults of construction byproviding this class of undergarments with facilities for closing theopenings necessarily formed therein, but leaving the garment in suitablecondition to wear without discomfort. I attain this 0bject by the meansillustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification and are herein referred to, and in which- Figure 1 is afront elevation of the upper portion of a pair of drawers embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3, a transverse section at the line X X,

showing the drawers distended as while being worn; and Fig. 4, a frontelevation, on a reduced scale, of a portion of one leg of the drawersbefore the waistband is attached thereto.

As represented in the drawings, A and A designate` the two bodyportions, which are formed separately, and each is provided with a legform B of the usual shape, the front part of the two body portions beingsecured to a front piece C, of non-elastic material, and the hinder partof said body portions being se- Y cured to a back piece D, also ofnon-elastic material, so that notwithstanding that said parts aresecured together inseparably from said front and back pieces the garmentwill be partable at the crotch in the usual manmer, and when the frontpiece C and back piece D are connected by any of the wellknown means forattaching together such parts they form a continuous non-elasticwaistband for the garment; but it should be understood I do not limitmyself to the precise means shown in the drawings for fastening the twoparts of the waistband together. The front piece C is preferably madeshorter than the back piece D, the diiference in the length beingprovided for the purpose of producing a fullness at the hip portions ofthe drawers. At the points of junction of the pieces C and D, at bothsides of the drawers, a slit or opening E is formed for the purpose offacilitating the operations of putting on and taking oif the drawers.Each front part A. and A of the body portions is provided with a lappetF, which, starting from the crotch of the drawers, extends upward toenfor the front of womens drawers, as shown in Fig. l.

The hinder part of each body portion A and A' is provided with a lappetG, that is preferably made wider than the lappet F, and the upper end ofthe lappets G is secured to the back piece D, in the manner hereinbeforedescribed in respect to securing the lappets F, in such manner that theupper portions of the lappets G will be retained in an overlappingcondition, while their lower portions are left free to be drawn apart.

It should be understood that while the lappets F and G normally formclosures for the usual openings at the front and rear of the drawerssaid lappets by reason of the yielding of the parts to the change ofposture of the wearer will not form obstructions to such openings duringthe time a wearer is in a sitting position, and for that reason theiruse is not detrimental to cleanliness or` health.

It should be understood that I do'not claim a combination-garment, formy invention is not suited for such garments; but,

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Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described improvement in Wom- 5 ens drawers comprising twoindependentlyformed counterpart body portions, A and A', of knittedfabric and each having a greater breadth than the semicircumference ofthe body of the inished garment; the excess form- Io ing a lappet ateach edge of a body portion,

each of the latter having a front lappet, F, and a back lappet, G,extending from the crotch to the non-elastic waistband of the fied.

NATHAN HATCH. Witnesses:

J. F. SCOTT, WM. I-I. Low.

